India will remove its suspension of domestic andinternational commercial passenger flights once it is confident that the spreadof coronavirus has come under control, sad Civil Aviation Minister HardeepSingh Puri on Wednesday.
“My heart goes out to people who are facing problemsdue to restrictions put in place on domestic & international flights,pursuant to the situation arising out of the timely announcement of anationwide lockdown,” the minister said on Twitter.
India has imposed a 21-day lockdown from March 25 to curbthe coronavirus pandemic. Consequently, all domestic and internationalcommercial passenger flights have been suspended for this time period.
However, cargo flights, offshore helicopter operations,medical evacuation flights and special flights permitted by Indian aviationregulator DGCA are permitted to operate during this lockdown.
“These restrictions will be lifted once we are fullyconfident that the spread of the virus has been controlled & it poses nodanger to fellow Indians,” the minister said.
“I thank everyone for their cooperation and help inthese testing times. Together we shall overcome and emerge stronger,” headded.